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The crux of the matter is that believing in specs and just liking what you listen to is totally beside the point. Yes I do believe in specs. You don't. Fine. We have our own set of beliefs and that's not what I'm interested in resolving in my argument. A specsheet is just that. It tells you...

What I would like to see is a regulatory agency that can enforce standards in the manufacture and marketing of cables so consumers get some measure of protection from opportunist manufacturers exploiting uninformed and gullible audiophiles.

While I can agree with Anunaki in some regards, I can say with certainty that there is real danger in driving speakers with distorted signals coming from an underpowered amplifier. For sure they won't blow your speakers off their suspension, or burn woofer coils to a crisp - something that...

Personally a THX logo is the least of my consideration in purchasing gears. And I couldn't care anymore about their specifications than caring for a company's ISO certification.

Apart from the NAD, it would be nice to have a review of any Harman Kardon receiver that would make a good enough representation of the Harman line. And there are quite a few ROTEL receivers and separates that can be reviewed as well.

Thanks Yamahluver. I'm totally convince you can't get it.

I am no user of either. But based on the specs and the pics I saw on your links, I'd be a wee bit inclined to favor the Swan 6.1. It has a 1db higher sensitivity than the Onix which OTH has a lower impedance rating that will extract more current form your amp and, thus, make it work harder and...

Can't you get it? I am not arguing over sonic quality. Or whether US brands sound better than japanese brands. Or whether exotic boutique brands sound better than mass consumer brands. I am talking about the penchant of some mass consumer brands to overstate their power ratings on equipment...

Have you ever considered that precisely because many less-informed consumers out there believed in the awesome power specs of these receivers that they are queuing for them. For $5,000, a simple consumer certainly would get a Z9 for its hyped 300wpc muscle and chooce it over a Rotel that is...

I have always believed that the open reel format is superior to any form of recording on any media, provided, ofcourse, you have all the right settings and the proper recordings on the right tape to play with. Live performances were captured on these machines and continue to remain in the...

Harman Kardon is one of those brands of receivers that consistently rate their products conservatively, using FTC standards with ALL channels driven and have shunned away from the more trendy but deceptive rating of Japanese receivers. The HK AVR230 only delivers 50wpc for a 7.1 (5 identical)...

My most heartfelt gratitude to you Pharoah for a most eloquent counterpoint to my loquacious but needless arguments. Let's not be bothered with whatever the manufacturer claims their products have so long as we achieve the sonic nirvanas we so blindlessly pine for from a receiver or amp that...

No question about that. I just hope the manufacturers are candid enough to indicate and admit in their specs the technology they use to decode SACD. Because with so many ads and brochures touting "genuine SACD decoding," it leaves a bad taste in the mouth for other universal players and puts...

I don't think the world is really global enough to have just one standard. For me, I just rely on those old measuring conditions: Continuous Minimum RMS at 8-ohm load, 20hz-20Khz, all channels driven, and at THDs lower than 0.07%. Plus some statement about its dynamic headroom indicated in...

My point exactly. Not only that, it becomes a error to even claim you own a 75wpc RX-V730 because there really is no such thing as a 75wpc RX-V730. Except in the manufacturer's product brochure and technical sheet for that model.

Thanks for you understanding. Yes, contrary to what's said in some posts, there are standards in measuring the power output rating of amplifiers. The problem is that there are many "standards" espoused by differing regulatory agencies across the planet. There's the European EIA standard...

Ah, ok, so those are digitally-controlled analog potentiometers. Thanks. Gene.

Ross, i'd like nothing better than to move on. But it's not about comparing flagship recievers and separate amps. It just so happens i used that comparison to drive my point that some amps, whether integrateds or inside recievers, are overstated in their power specification - a condition that...

I look forward to your review. But I don't think my misconceptions about power rating, if they are misconceptions at all, blinds me to the fact that many amps out there ARE over-rated. The Z9 is one of them. And that is simply the point of my posts. Don't get me wrong, the Z9 is already...

I hope they do understand. This is all what i want to achieve in my posts - no false expectations from what you buy.